Tell us a bit about your organization and what your specialty is in the film and video space.

Digital Learning supports our university instructors in building out asynchronous, on-line courses for the student population unable to attend classes on campus. The Digital Learning Studio supports the mission in creating educational content which is informative and entertaining. Our staff is able to film on-location or in our 1200 sqft. studio.

What is your organization’s ethos and how does it set you apart from industry competitors?

Digital Learning is a transformative campus unit at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, focused on advancing UT’s commitment to discovery, learning, and engagement, specifically for fully online students. Our team of experienced professionals is driven by a passion for higher education and our shared goal: providing the same great UT higher education experience to online students anytime and anywhere.

How can people join or learn more about what you do?

https://digitallearning.utk.edu

Tell us about your Telly Award winning piece. What’s the story behind it?

Our Silver Telly award winning piece is the complete lecture series for the Nutrition 100 course, a core class in the university curriculum.

What are you most proud of about this piece? What was your biggest challenge during production and how did you solve it?

Utilizing the set build-out, we were able to shoot a different background for each of the 18 modules by rotating the kitchen set, angle changes and props loaned from the UT Theater Department.

Do you have any advice to other filmmakers based on your career or your team’s approach to work?

Our team prides itself on having fun while we are collaborating, making cool content and providing outstanding customer service to our faculty.

Can you share a behind the scenes story or fun fact about the making of your piece?

The final package for Nutrition 100 is 126 episodes covering over 10 hours of lectures.

Tell us about the most memorable response you got from this work.

The lecture recordings have received great reception across the campus leadership and has established our Studio as the place for quality content creation.

Complete this sentence: ‘Great video storytelling is…’

…conveying a message which is both understandable and entertaining.